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Songs of Praise, March 29
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God;
many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
Psalm 40:3
.
I have thought with what joy the angels would look down from heaven
upon us if we were all praising God and abiding in Christ. If, indeed,
there is joy to the full for the Christian, why should we not possess it, and
manifest it to the world? ...
In just a little time Christ will come in power and great glory, and
what a terrible thing it would be if we should not be ready! Let us get
ready at once. Separate evil from you, begin to sing the song of praise and
rejoicing here below.... Let your lips be tuned to praise God.... Angels
in heaven are praising God all the time, and here are mortals for whom
Christ left the heavenly home and suffered mockery, insult, and death,
that He might lift us up to sit in heavenly places, and they offer no song
of praise.
If you sit in heavenly places with Christ, you cannot refrain from
praising God. Begin to educate your tongues to praise Him and train your
hearts to make melody to God; and when the evil one begins to settle his
gloom about you, sing praise to God. When things go crossways at your
homes, strike up a song about the matchless charms of the Son of God,
and I tell you, when you touch this strain, Satan will leave you. You can
drive out the enemy with his gloom; ... and you can see, oh, so much
clearer, the love and compassion of your heavenly Father.
Those who come into sacred relation with the God of heaven are not
left to the natural weakness and infirmity of their natures.... The world
loses all attraction for them, for they seek a better country, an eternal
world, a life that is to continue through never-ending ages. This is the
theme of their thought and conversation. The Word of God becomes
exceedingly precious. They discern spiritual things. They rejoice in “that
blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ” (
Titus 2:13
). They long to see the King in His beauty, the
angels that have never fallen, and the land of unfading bloom.
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